Stronger by Killing

Chapter 583: Chapter 322: Gu Chuan’s Curtain Falls, Yunzhou in Turmoil (2)

Gu Chuan said solemnly, "Are you saying that the Immortal Sect that has come to find the Gu Family now actually emerged a hundred years ago?"

"No," Gai Qingcheng replied, "It’s just that the Immortal Sect was in the Ten Thousand Mountains, and due to some unforeseen circumstances, the Immortal Fox unexpectedly came out from the Boundary Mini Grotto Heaven and just happened to meet the Ancestor, forming a bond of incense between them."

Gu Chuan was silent for a long time, and then sighed, saying, "Qingcheng, so you’re saying that the Gu Family actually had the opportunity and capability to notify King Wu of the impending crisis, but you didn’t notify him."

Gai Qingcheng began to speak, "Brother..."

"Don’t speak," Gu Chuan said coldly, "Even if, as you say, King Wu is being targeted by the Immortal Sect and he couldn’t win, you chose to side with the Immortal Sect for the sake of the Gu Family; I understand that. But you clearly could have informed King Wu about the crisis, and even if the Gu Family couldn’t help him in any way, you could have at least let him know in advance so he could escape. Yet, you were so ungrateful!"

Gu Chuan stood up, pointed at Gai Qingcheng, and said, "King Wu has not treated our Gu Family poorly at all! He is my sworn brother. Did you ever think about how the Gu Family would face King Wu in the future, how I would face my brother, Gu Zhan!"

Gai Qingcheng said coldly, "There’s no need to face him anymore!"

Gu Chuan said coldly, "Are you so certain that King Wu will definitely lose? Are you not afraid that you might have miscalculated?"

Gai Qingcheng also slowly stood up, looked directly at Gu Chuan, and said, "Brother, I’ve taken over the Gu Family since I was a teenager. From abandoning the ancestral lands, leading the Gu Family to the Capital City, rejecting the Crown Prince’s offer, to later betting on King Wu, Gu Zhan—have I ever been wrong in any of these decisions?"

Gu Chuan sneered, "You weren’t wrong in any of the previous ones, but you’re incredibly wrong in betting on King Wu this time, and it wasn’t even your decision. Do you really think that the Gu Family received King Wu’s favor because of you?

Let me tell you, Gai Qingcheng, you already went wrong when you first sent Gu Qiao to Yunxi. The Gu Family was already without hope of currying favor with King Wu. It was me—because of me—that King Wu gave the Gu Family a chance. At that time, did King Wu really lack a Gu Family? Gai Qingcheng, you’re too full of yourself!"

Gai Qingcheng’s face turned dark, and after a while, she slowly said, "Brother, the secret message you sent to Prince Wu’s Mansion has already been intercepted by me. Since you’re back now, just stay home these few days. I’ll come to see you in a few days."

After saying that,

Gai Qingcheng turned and left,

Just then, a guard came over and whispered, "Patriarch, King Wu has summoned you to Yun City."

Gai Qingcheng snorted coldly and said, "It seems it’s impossible to completely hide this from Prince Wu’s Mansion’s eyes, but it doesn’t matter, someone will go to Yun City, but it won’t be me!"

In the pavilion,

Gu Chuan sat dejectedly on the chair, just sitting there quietly from morning until dusk.

As the sun set,

A red sun was fixed on the mountainside,

He slowly got up, looking at the sunset, as if returning to the day in the fifth year of Qingli, only that day, the red sun was rising, and he held Gu Zhan’s hand, saying:

"I’ll be waiting for you in the Capital City!"

That day, the morning sun cast its light on the two of them, stretching their shadows long and full of youthful spirit,

Today, the sunset cast its light on Gu Chuan alone, just like that day, stretching his shadow long and long, only the breeze messed up his long robe and tousled his hair,

He started to laugh,

Laughing and laughing,

He became as if he had gone mad, even hysterical, stumbling up, yet almost falling as he stepped out of the pavilion,

"Master!"

A servant hurried over to help,

Gu Chuan pushed the servant’s hand away, gesturing for the servant to leave, then he hobbled slowly forward,

"The main family is in trouble, yet I’m here saving my own skin, that’s disloyal!"

Gu Chuan staggered, falling directly to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his face turned pale, he wobbly stood up again, continuing forward,

"The family needs to develop, yet I strongly opposed, holding resentment towards the family, that’s unfilial!"

Gu Chuan walked into the room, gently wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, then removing the crown from his head and placing it on the table, his hair instantly became disheveled, he slowly took off his long robe and folded it neatly, placing it on the table.

"After coming to Yunzhou, to avoid suspicion, I did not serve as an official, but indulged in the scenery, ignoring the suffering of the people, that’s unrighteous!"

He muttered,

While taking off his boots, also placing them on the table, then slowly taking the long sword hanging on the wall, drawing it from the sheath, the bright sword glinting with luster, he looked up and

"A brother treated me sincerely, a relationship as close as one’s own head and neck, but I watched him be betrayed right in front of my eyes, that’s unrighteous!"

"Ha...hahaha..."

Gu Chuan laughed heartily, walking barefoot to the door,

He placed the long sword on his own neck, laughing up to the sky, letting out a hysterical roar:

"I, Gu Chuan,

am indeed such an unfaithful, unfilial, unrighteous, disloyal and unrighteous person,

How could I have the face to survive in this world, to face the world, to face my brother..."

The long sword swept across his neck, blood spurted out instantly,

Like a stroke of a blood-colored rainbow flashed under the sunset,

Gu Chuan fell to the ground, the pool of blood spreading,

His pupils gradually dilated, finally fixed on those few leaves fluttering in the wind, landing on a withered flower,

The sun set,

The flowing blood seemed somewhat eerie!

...

In a hall at the Ancient Family Manor.